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Legends
by
Norm McCarter
Quickly, he scooped up the Medusas head, placed it in the sack, and ran from
the cave.
On his way home, Perseus was able to use the head to help rescue
Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. Taking the beautiful Andromeda, who
became his wife, he returned home just in time to stop the forced marriage of
his mother Danae to Polydectes. When Perseus proved his mission a success by
showing Polydectes the Medusas head, Polydectes and his wedding guests all
turned to stone.
It is said that Perseus gave the Medusas head to Athena, who attached
it to the front of her shield. Perseus lived to a great old age and became the
king of Mycenae, which he founded. After his death, Zeus gave Perseus a place
among the constellations next to his beloved Andromeda.
even angrier. Zeus, fearing that Hera might hear the cries, went down to earth
to try to appease Arcas. In order to hide what he had done, Zeus changed
Callisto back into a bear and placed her form, as a constellation, into the
northern sky as the Big Dipper. He then changed Arcas into the small bear (the
Little Dipper).
As Arcas was being placed into the sky, he turned to look at his mother
Callisto (now the Big Dipper). That is why the Little Dipper is curved toward
the Big Dipper, so that Arcas can watch over his mother Callisto for all
eternity.
had to agree because Zeus was the King. But Demeter also kept her promise.
During the six months when her daughter had to be in the underworld with
Hades, no crops would grow. In the spring, when Persephone returned, the
flowers and the crops in the fields would grow again.
The second myth associated the constellation Virgo with Astraea,
goddess of Justice, when the gods lived among men on earth during the Golden
Age. The increasing iniquity of the humans, however, began to drive the gods,
one by one, to leave the humans on earth and go to heaven. Astraea was the
last of the gods to leave. When she left she took the scales of justice with
her, which you can see beside her in the sky today.